I think I'm in love!

[Andrew_Culture]

I've been toying with the idea of getting a MTB since I gave away my old BSO but haven't really been wowed by anything I've seen. Until today. On a ride with @mattobrien we popped into our local high-end LBS and I spotted a very handsome Cube Attention 29er. It has lockout forks, is a 29er and is matte black (I have a bit of a thing for matte black bikes).

The price was reduced from £799 to about £500 so now I just need to hope for some sort of unexpected windfall

Phwoar! Although the one I saw in matte black looked better.

 

[MontyVeda]

they do do some nice looking bikes.

 

[Psycolist]

Andrew ! you have magnificent taste I wish you had a pic in the black though. I prefer a satin finish rather than matt, but each to thier own. I dont suppose you work for a company involved in the cycle to work scheme do you. Just a thought. If not, try and get them involved. y'never know !!!

 

[ColinJ]

I've been toying with the idea of getting a MTB since I gave away my old BSO but haven't really been wowed by anything I've seen. Until today. On a ride with @mattobrien we popped into our local high-end LBS and I spotted a very handsome Cube Attention 29er. It has lockout forks, is a 29er and is matte black (I have a bit of a thing for matte black bikes).

Very nice!

The price was reduced from £799 to about £500 so now I just need to hope for some sort of unexpected windfall

Keep your fingers crossed that you get a sudden rush of book sales from CycleChatters sympathetic to your N+1 plight! (*Cough* link1, link2.)

 

[smokeysmoo]

I wish you had a pic in the black though.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Andrew ! you have magnificent taste I wish you had a pic in the black though. I prefer a satin finish rather than matt, but each to thier own. I dont suppose you work for a company involved in the cycle to work scheme do you. Just a thought. If not, try and get them involved. y'never know !!!

I work for myself

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Very nice!

Keep your fingers crossed that you get a sudden rush of book sales from CycleChatters sympathetic to your N+1 plight! (*Cough* link1, link2.)

Hear ye, hear ye, do what Colin ses!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

WOOD

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I was talking about this with my wife and she said 'ooh that sounds cheap'. I'm glad she asked our friend oop North how much he paid for his Turner full suss MTB

 

[Andrew_Culture]

This was the one in the shop:

 

[DaveyM]

that's a cool looking beast

 

[mattobrien]

It looks better than my MTB and has bigger wheels. If I haven't just committed to spending 40% of it's cost on a new saddle from the shop while we were in there, I could even be tempted myself.

Hell I could even tell SWMBO that my bike had got really dirty and that was why it was not black, I would be fairly sure she couldn't ell the difference between 26" and 29" wheels anyway

Buy it.


Buy it.


Buy it.

 

[jazzkat]

I very nearly bought a cube when looking for my mtb, I ended up buying a canyon as it was cheaper. (not as cheap as the one you are looking at though!)
Just 'coz you like the look of black bikes here's mine

Buy it, you know it makes sense!

 

[Mike!]

It looks better than my MTB and has bigger wheels. If I haven't just committed to spending 40% of it's cost on a new saddle from the shop while we were in there, I could even be tempted myself.

Hell I could even tell SWMBO that my bike had got really dirty and that was why it was not black, I would be fairly sure she couldn't ell the difference between 26" and 29" wheels anyway

Buy it.


Buy it.


Buy it.

I do believe I have just seen a little picture of the said saddle attached to your bike on their Facebook page. Very nice

 

[mattobrien]

I do believe I have just seen a little picture of the said saddle attached to your bike on their Facebook page. Very nice

Popped in today and got the saddle fitted and some Lizard Skin bar tape. The photo doesn't really do it justice, but it is mat, so matches the rest of the black on the bike.

I haven't used the bike since late October, so to say that I am looking forward to taking it out for a spin is an understatement. Looking out the window, the roads still look a little grey with salt, so a couple of heavy downpours followed by sunshine should make for perfect riding conditions. Either that or I'll get to desperate and just go out. I am keen to make sure I notice a good difference between winter & summer bikes, so am trying to get up to speed on the winter bike before switching over and then hopefully going a little quicker...